Fight Back Friday April 5th

Welcome to another Fight Back Friday! Today we are bringing together another collection of recipes, tips, anecdotes, and testimonies from members of the Real Food Revolution.

Who are they? Why, they’re the Food Renegades. You know who you are — lovers of SOLE (Sustainable, Organic, Local, and Ethical) food, traditional food, primal food, REAL food, the list goes on. I believe that by joining together, our influence can grow, and we can change the way America (and the industrialized world) eats!

So, let’s have some fun.

If you want to participate but aren’t sure how, please read these guidelines for how Fight Back Fridays will work.

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About the Author

Kristen Michaelis CNC has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2008. Founder and CEO of Food Renegade, she's a passionate advocate for REAL FOOD -- food that's sustainable, organic, local, and traditionally-prepared according to the wisdom of our ancestors. She earned a Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) from Dallas Baptist University in Philosophy and Biblical Studies, then began her post-graduate journey as a researcher in the fields of health and nutrition. While she adores hats & happy skirts, nothing inspires her quite like geeking out over nutrition & sustainable agriculture. Nutrition educator & author of the go-to book on nutrition for fertility, she's also a rebel with a cause who enjoys playing in the rain, a good bottle of Caol Isla scotch, curling up with a page-turning book, sunbathing on her hammock, and parenting her three children as they grow into young adults.

This week I am posting Just a Dumb Housewife, addressing society’s general impression of women who choose to stay home with their children. I’m sort of new here — this is my third posting, but this week was the first time I noticed your instructions to let you know that we’re new here. So, I’m letting you know that I’m new here. I love this site — both my husband and I were attracted by your inclusion of “homemakers” in your list of intelligent people. Hence, this week’s article fits right into the theme!

Fantastic to hear from you, from another ‘dumb housewife’! Actually everybody else, we have THE most important job around, we screw it up and there’s another loon shooting people, stabbing, taking drugs, beating up some one, making poor life decisions and passing all that crap down another generation. About time parenting was brought to the fore, and those who pass the buck on their responsibilities as parents held to account for messing up the world. Do you think that if the guys in charge of Monsanto would poisen the world if they had been brought up properly with respect for themselves and others? This applies to every area of life, give it up to the mums and dads whiz job is 24/7, and who only know if they’ve done a good job 20/30 years down the line.
If people could behave properly just think, no police, no violence, no poverty or war, no need for psychiatrist or self abusive behaviour, it truly would be heaven on earth.D

#70 This week I am sharing tips on healthy packaged foods and body care. I would normally make most of my own food and snacks. However, I travel most of the time for my job and it can be difficult to find healthy snacks, especially with food sensitivities. I want to share with others tips on what to look for in the health food store.

What’s better than chocolate cake? Chocolate cake that tastes like a brownie because it’s made with coconut oil! I shared a recipe that you’ll want to make right.this.minute. Consider yourself warned!

And what’s the big deal with saturated fat? Why does “everyone” say it’s so bad for us? What does the research actually say? I shared my research on the topic and it’s an excellent read for anyone wondering why the real foodies are pushing saturated fat when the “experts” say otherwise.

2. The Campaign for GE-Free Seafood — A new campaign has launched urging supermarkets, seafood companies, chefs and restaurants all over the country to sign a petition and publicly state they will NOT purchase or sell genetically engineered salmon. There is a petition to sign as a consumer as well!

Thank you for hosting! I am a fan and love all the information you share!
I’m sharing 4 ways I am self-sufficient. I have a mini-farm and am doing what I can to supply my family with healthy, real food!

Researching, learning about, experimenting with and empowering others with information on medicinal mushrooms are some of my greatest passions. This week I share 3 posts that are all connected in one way or another with these amazing and fascinating adaptogenic herbs, which have been used by human beings for thousands of years.

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Founder and CEO of Food Renegade, Kristen Michaelis CNC has been a Health and Nutrition Educator since 2008. She’s a passionate advocate for REAL FOOD — food that’s sustainable, organic, local, and traditionally-prepared according to the wisdom of our ancestors. [LEARN MORE]